• Effect of Twin-screw Modification Time on Waste Rubber Powder Reinforced Natural Rubber

  • Juyuan Dong, Hao Duan, Keyu Peng, Su Zhang, Guangshan Yao, Zheng Huang, Yuan Jing*,† , and Guangyi Lin†

  • College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266061, P. R. China
    *Qingdao University of Science and Dongying, 257029, P. R. China

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 23-35

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.23
  • Received on May 7, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 14, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 29, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Huang, Yuan Jing* , and Guangyi Lin

  • College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266061, P. R. China
    *Qingdao University of Science and Dongying, 257029, P. R. China

  • E-mail: qkgryjy@163.com, gylin666@163.com